Commentary
An Editorial bucks the status quo and cheers the hot-button wheel tax; Frank Cagle seeks solutions to Knoxville’s out-of-control air pollution problem in Frank Talk; Joe Sullivan explores the budgetary issues facing the mayor on the proposed transit center; and Matt Edens chooses wheel over property tax.
Citybeat
Melissa Elkins reports on Knoxville’s non-attainment status on the latest EPA standard; and Molly Kincaid gets the lowdown on the remodeled Historic Tennessee Theatre.
The Other Guys
We’ve all had more than an earful of the presidential candidates. And most of us are familiar with the favorites in the state and local elections. But what about the other guys? The MP staff checks in with the underdogs boldly challenging the incumbent officers in an election primer.
Into the Woods
Mike Gibson treks through Morristown to get an inside look at the site of the camp-horror classic, The Evil Dead.
news & views
4 incoming mail 7 editorial 8 insights 9 frank talk10 secret history17 commentary
arts &entertainment
33 music-—Feable Weiner34 pulp
35 backstage—The Magic Flute37 movie guru—The Grudge
movie blurbs.........38 movie times..........3941 calendar
final frontiers
52 restaurant guide59 sports60 crossword60 life in hell60 new health —sponsored by Well by Nature61 midpoint63 click ‘n’ clack 64 news of the weird65 free will astrology66 classifieds